The Gulag Syllabus
Source: http://www.robertamsterdam.com/2009/09/the_gulag_syllabus.htmPosted on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 | In Russia
Right, so here goes a weird one. Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s book The Gulag Archipelago will be made required reading for school children:
According to the state-run news agency RIA Novosti, the Education
Ministry on Wednesday ordered that passages from the book become
required reading in order to deepen students’ understanding of Russia’s
history. A ministry spokesman did not immediately return phone calls
seeking comment.
This seems quite odd in light of the other more politically controversial history textbooks being put into Russian schools, or potentially conflicting with the return of thought police at the history commission. Then again, Solzhenitsyn was a dedicated Putin supporter in his fading years, so as long as passages are reflected which don’t cause students to think about contemporary cases – say, the show trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky – I guess everything should continue as normal.
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